The Hill Articles: November 3, 2020

Louisiana passes amendment stating abortion is not a right Mast fends off Democratic challenge to retain Florida House seat Arizona approves legalization of recreational marijuana Mississippi approves new flag design Oregon votes to decriminalize heroin, meth, other street drugs Chabot wins tough race in Ohio  Biden sweeps Trump in West Coast states GOP Rep. Rodney Davis fends off Democratic challenger in Illinois For panicking Democrats, 2020 is déjà vu all over again Florida approves $15 minimum wage Hyde-Smith fends off challenge from Espy in Mississippi Van Taylor wins reelection to Texas seat held by GOP since 1968 Cassidy wins reelection in Louisiana Democrat Gottheimer wins reelection in New Jersey Biden wins New Hampshire Republicans hold on to competitive Kansas House seat Risch wins reelection in Idaho Merkley wins reelection in Oregon Senate race Loeffler, Warnock advance to runoff in Georgia special election ‘Squad’ member Pressley glides to second term Marshall wins Kansas Senate race Trump-backed Republican unseats Shalala in Miami House race Democrat Deborah Ross wins open seat in North Carolina, flipping seat Balderson successfully defends Ohio House seat DC votes to decriminalize hallucinogenic mushrooms by wide margin GOP Rep. Hudson holds on to North Carolina seat Nevada Supreme Court rebuffs Trump bid for tighter vote-counting limits Democrats projected to retain House majority Texas Democrat Colin Allred beats back GOP challenger Progressive Cori Bush easily wins election in Missouri after primary upset New Jersey voters approve recreational marijuana Trump allies scorn Dems in first tweets as members-elect Republican Gimenez pulls off upset victory in Florida House race Tuberville unseats Jones in Alabama Senate race Ocasio-Cortez glides to reelection Turner fends off Democratic challenge in Ohio Ritchie Torres to become first openly gay Afro-Latino member of Congress Graham fends off Harrison to secure reelection in SC Omar sails to victory, winning second term Democrat Kathy Manning wins open seat in North Carolina, flipping seat Hickenlooper ousts Gardner in Colorado, handing Democrats vital pickup Trump cleans up in safe Great Plains, Mountain West states Cawthorn wins election to fill seat vacated by Meadows Rep. Andy Barr beats back Democratic challenge in Kentucky Navajo riders head to the polls on horseback Cornyn beats back Democratic challenge in Texas GOP Sen. Mike Rounds wins in South Dakota Greg Pence, brother of Mike Pence, wins reelection in Indiana Delaware’s Sarah McBride to become nation’s first trans state senator Republican Cynthia Lummis wins Wyoming Senate election GOP keeps control of Florida House seat held by Rep. Ross Spano Sasse coasts to reelection in Nebraska Ex-Trump White House doctor Ronny Jackson wins Texas House race QAnon proponent Marjorie Taylor Greene wins Georgia House race Durbin wins reelection in Illinois Biden scores wins in Maryland, DC, handful of Northeastern states Cotton glides to reelection in Arkansas Crenshaw wins reelection in Texas Trump pulls out wins in South GOP Rep. Vern Buchanan holds on to Florida House seat Armed Trump supporter arrested at North Carolina polling place Sen. Chris Coons wins reelection in Delaware Trump’s Walk of Fame star boarded up ahead of election night Inhofe wins reelection in Oklahoma McConnell wins reelection Reed wins fifth term in Senate Booker easily wins reelection in New Jersey Shaheen wins reelection in New Hampshire Markey wins reelection in Massachusetts Trump wins South Carolina Frankel defeats Loomer in Florida House race Trump wins West Virginia Biden wins Virginia  Capito wins reelection in West Virginia Senate race Anti-Trump protesters gather at Lafayette Square ahead of election results Republican Byron Donalds wins House race in Florida Federal official says voting security remains strong as polls begin to close Biden wins Vermont in presidential race Warner wins reelection in Virginia Trump wins Indiana in presidential race Trump wins Kentucky in presidential race Postal Service misses court-ordered deadline for unsent mail ballots Hillicon Valley: Officials express confidence in voting security amid early technical glitches | Unidentified robocall told millions to ‘stay home’ ahead of Election Day: report | QAnon’s danger rises with divisive election COVID-19 could become a widespread pre-existing condition in a post-ACA world Trump brings Lil Pump onstage at rally, introduces him as ‘Little Pimp’ Defense Overnight: National Guard troops activated in 16 states | Generals tamp down election fears | Taiwan approved for $600M drone sale On The Money: Stocks cap off Election Day with major gains | NYT: Trump claim on prepaying millions in federal taxes ‘misleading at best’ | Price tag to settle thousands of opioid lawsuits could total $21B Twitter cracks down on right-wing election misinformation in Pennsylvania Live updates: Democrats fight to take control of the Senate Live updates: Democrats seek to extend House advantage The real coronavirus risk on airlines Trump and Biden battle for the White House: live updates Overnight Health Care: Wisconsin, Minnesota, Pennsylvania report record new coronavirus cases | CDC: Pregnant women with COVID-19 at increased risk for serious outcomes | Drugmaker says price tag to settle thousands of opioid lawsuits could total $21B Hurricane Eta makes landfall in Nicaragua as Category 4 storm Trump administration approves $600M drone sale to Taiwan Unfounded fear of nuclear power cannot hold back climate progress OVERNIGHT ENERGY: US to exit Paris accord whether Trump or Biden wins | Trump administration misses deadline on conservation projects, top Democrat says | EPA legal staff push back against Trump order on diversity trainings More than 12,000 people have registered to vote on Election Day in Michigan The number of Americans dieting has slightly increased over a decade, report says EPA legal staff push back against Trump order on diversity trainings New Jersey COVID-19 hospitalizations at four-month high as cases rise Harris makes final stump of campaign in Michigan: ‘Everything is at stake’ North Carolina sheriff, police chief sued for voter intimidation over pepper spraying incident Prayers ring out in Kamala Harris’s ancestral village Vatican clarifies Pope’s stance on gay civil unions Group flies ‘Trump loves Jerry Jones and the Cowboys’ banner over Philly on Election Day The Hill’s Campaign Report: It’s Election Night in America Majorities in every UK electoral district would back Biden: survey Kentucky State Police commissioner resigning after report that training materials quoted Hitler How we can stop COVID-19’s diversity brain drain New Zealand prime minster appoints country’s first Indigenous female foreign minister Vermont’s GOP governor says he voted for Biden Many convicted felons in Florida are voting for the first time today Dia de Muertos altar tours DC, honoring migrant dead Wisconsin forced to cancel second football game over coronavirus outbreak Archaeologists find 300-year-old slave quarters at historic Southern Maryland plantation Jill Biden visits NC polling site: ‘We feel confident, we feel excited’ The most anti-environmental court in the modern era Harry Reid rips Lindsey Graham over Trump: ‘He went to the dark side’ after McCain died 99-year-old Black man born on a plantation votes: ‘I just hope that things get better’ Wisconsin, Minnesota report record new coronavirus cases New York AG announces probe into robocalls allegedly designed to mislead voters What America’s Thinking: November 3, 2020 ISIS claims credit for Vienna attack, contradicting earlier reports of suspect’s identity Harry Reid predicts Democratic Senate pickups in Iowa, Alaska, Montana Philadelphia officials deny GOP poll watchers banned from voting sites Biden, Trump, the Senate and lower court selection Poll: Voters split on who they expect to win the 2020 presidential election Kyle Kondik on tonight’s battle for Senate control NC to delay results after extending voting hours at four locations due to technical issues Trump campaign asks Pennsylvania counties for key election information: report As many as 10,000 attended a Halloween rave defying coronavirus rules GOP Massachusetts governor says he left presidential ballot blank Michigan GOP mayor says he regrets voting for Trump in 2016 Pence targets battleground states with Election Day media blitz Rooting from home as a model for working from home? On this day 100 years ago, the deadliest Election Day violence in US history happened Kamala Harris on Election Day: ‘Have faith’ in the integrity of the process Trump campaign sets up Election Day war room in executive building Former Indiana GOP lawmaker, AG hopeful Todd Rokita tests positive for COVID-19 Pennsylvania marks highest single-day increase in coronavirus cases on Election Day Police arrest man wearing rebel flag for trying to start fights at Trump rally Trump administration misses deadline on conservation projects, top Democrat says Republican congressional candidate in Pennsylvania sues to throw out corrected ballots Florida is voting today on a $15 minimum wage, which could affect more than a million people Top generals tamp down election concerns in private briefing with news anchors John Elway, Broncos CEO Joe Ellis test positive for COVID-19 A culture of responsibility: The promise of a safer digital world Pennsylvania reports largest single-day spike in coronavirus cases Wisconsin cancels second Big Ten football game amid COVID-19 outbreak Pelosi: Amy Coney Barrett ‘an illegitimate Supreme Court justice’ Voters line up at polls as country braces for results Drugmaker says price tag to settle thousands of opioid lawsuits could total $21B Transgender woman files lawsuit against Michigan Gov Whitmer Any bipartisan commission’s effort to reform the Supreme Court will fail Republicans pour millions into final days of Senate battle Here’s where the National Guard is activated on Election Day Scott Gottlieb warns of ‘sustained period’ with ‘well above’ 1,000 people dying from COVID-19 a day R. Kelly sex trafficking case to be heard by anonymous jury Trump during visit with campaign staff: ‘Winning is easy. Losing is never easy’ Surgeon general pleads not guilty to charge of being in park closed for coronavirus A dark economic winter WWI Memorial in Kansas City vandalized with anti-voting graffiti De Blasio says new rise in NYC coronavirus cases is concerning LGBTQ bar in Houston makes history as polling location NYT: Trump claim on prepaying millions in federal taxes ‘misleading at best’ ‘Baby Shark’ swims past ‘Despacito’ to become most-watched video ever on YouTube Perfect storm brews with potential confusion over the election results Pilot unions warn new FAA proposal for Boeing 737 Max training not enough Democrats prep teams of lawyers for ‘Election Week’ Federal judge orders USPS to rush delivery of mail ballots as deadlines near The Hill’s 12:30 Report – Presented by Facebook – Election Day sights and sounds Some people with disabilities say they feel like ‘second-class citizens’ when they try to vote Parents’ ‘porch stories’ are a reminder of what matters in today’s crises US participation in the Paris climate accord expires at midnight tonight UK raises terror threat level to ‘severe’ following attacks in France and Austria ‘Biden whisperer’ Mike Memoli: Be careful to separate ‘projections versus predictions versus hunches’ Biden signs wall of childhood home in Scranton Count every vote White House press secretary predicts Trump ‘landslide’ CDC: Pregnant women with COVID-19 at increased risk for serious outcomes Louisiana man sentenced to 25 years in prison for setting fire to three historically Black churches Unidentified robocall told millions to ‘stay home’ ahead of Election Day: report Nobel laureate honors slain journalist Khashoggi at Saudi event Supreme Court weighs limits to juvenile life sentences The administration’s record in the courts Rescuers pull 3-year-old from rubble 4 days after Turkey quake Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen suggests he voted for Biden Melania Trump votes in person in Florida Trump signs executive order for ‘1776 Commission’ to revise how American history is taught in schools Officials express confidence in voting security amid early technical glitches Martin Sheen urges voters to ‘get the train back on its tracks’ in new Lincoln Project ad Americans seeking foreign visas in record numbers: report The data deficits of COVID-19 mirror those of cancer Cardi B says she got up early to vote for Biden in person Lobbying world Kenosha shooting victim’s father slams Trump for defending Rittenhouse: ‘How dare he’ Blue dots painted in front of Biden supporters’ homes in California Kanye West says he’s casting his first presidential vote for himself ‘Amazon economy’ gives the left a mandate for bold economic reform Rising: November 3, 2020 Indian village where Kamala Harris’s grandfather born holds prayer ceremony for her South Korean lawmaker says North building submarine capable of firing ballistic missiles More than 61,000 American children caught COVID-19 over one week The issues to watch for while the election results unfold this week Twitter, Facebook label Trump posts on Pennsylvania mail-in ballots Stocks cap off Election Day with major gains QAnon’s danger rises with divisive election Here’s when each state starts tallying up mail-in ballots Trump administration shines sunlight into our health care system Deutsche Bank seeking to offload three Trump loans: report Susan Collins warns Maine Senate race might not be called for a week Biden attends mass, visits family graves on morning of Election Day Trump begins Election Day with confident predictions on Fox News At least four states surpass 2016 turnout before Election Day Your one vote matters: A lesson from history After Election Day, a battle over Pennsylvania’s ballots NBC’s Lester Holt: Campaign ‘felt like a powder keg with a fuse burning down’ to Election Day UK testing every person in Liverpool for virus Watch live: DHS, CISA chiefs discuss security on Election Day Assistant US Attorneys work to safeguard justice during national election process Five people killed in Vienna attack linked to ISIS Iran’s supreme leader mocks US election, quotes Trump A new round of lockdowns would be a terrible mistake More Americans satisfied with Biden’s campaign than Trump’s: Gallup All but one drive-through voting site in Harris County closed amid Texas legal battle Like the rest of 2020, election night will be different Feehery: The single-issue voter Biden wins vote in tiny Dixville Notch, NH Press: And the loser is … Rudy Giuliani The Hill’s Morning Report – Sponsored by Facebook – Election Day has arrived Senate faces post-election limbo Most highly litigated election in US history enters final stage Law enforcement braces for unrest after Election Day The Memo: Tense and fractured nation braces for Election Day US to exit Paris accord whether Trump or Biden wins Election observers on the ground in the US How Trump, Biden will spend Election Day Pundit predictions for election night: Who is going to win? Five key states to watch on election night 10 bellwether House races to watch on election night